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Women have lost faith in the Metropolitan police
Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive living in Brixton, and a ‘wonderful daughter and sister’, was killed earlier this month.…
Mark Drakeford’s men-only curfew would break international law
Politicians, including Baroness Jones of the Green Party and Mark Drakeford, who is the Labour leader in Wales, have spoken…
The Met badly mishandled the Clapham Common vigil
A vigil was held last night on Clapham Common to both honour the memory of Sarah Everard and to protest…
Ruth Davidson’s exit reveals Scottish Tories’ independence secret
Ruth Davidson has used her final speech to the Scottish Conservative conference to appeal to pro-Union voters. In a video…
Clive Myrie, the BBC and the trouble with Ofcom
Ofcom’s tight grip on current affairs broadcasts has been likened by some observers to a choking collar. Clive Myrie, one of…
After Covid, get ready for the Great Acceleration
Before the pandemic struck, there was talk of a ‘Great Stagnation’ – the idea that the world economy was doomed…
Jordan Peterson and the cult of tidiness
The world is obsessed with clutter. Today, untidiness is seen as a moral failure and messy people are cast as…
Why is going to Oxford being held against me?
Should going to Oxford be held against you? In my experience, some employers think it should. A month before the…
Vogue declares war on ‘niggling’
In the wake of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview, much American commentary has been focused on the beastly British tabloid…
Boris, Biden and the era of big government
Bill Clinton’s declaration that ‘the era of big government is over’ summed up the late 1990s political zeitgeist. Centre-left political…
The left's illiberal turn
In the House of Lords this week, Baroness Jenny Jones of the Green party said she thought that a way…
Meghan ’n’ Joe’s empire of the sentiments
If your facts don’t care about my feelings, then my feelings aren’t obliged to care about your facts. The facts…
When will Eddie Izzard get the message?
Eddie Izzard is a serial election loser, but try telling him that. The comedian has tried – and failed –…
The UK economy is suffering worse than most
Last week The Spectator highlighted new data from the OECD that offers a weekly update comparing a country’s current GDP…
The Sarah Everard case has shown how frightened women really are
Muggers don’t carry umbrellas. Murderers don’t carry briefcases. Kidnappers don’t carry Tesco bags. These are the sorts of utterly illogical…
The curious censorship of Chloé Zhao's Nomadland
Fortunes shift quickly in Chinese cyberspace. On March 1, Chloé Zhao, the Beijing-born film director, was the ‘pride of China’,…
Stop the white lies about anti-Asian hate crime
Eighteen months ago, liberals attempted to link the spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes to white supremacist actions. New York City…
Is Megxit the UK’s ‘George Floyd moment’?
Harry and Meghan are famously hostile to the media but of all the British broadcasters, ITV are regarded as having…
Mum’s the word: British university scraps the word ‘mother’
Universities have traditionally played an important role in preparing young people for a life outside academia. These days, though, it…
Taylor Lorenz and the media’s sacred cows
How sacred is a New York Times reporter? Is one required to kowtow in their presence, or merely bow? If…
The mask scandal threatening to destroy Merkel’s legacy
In Germany, masks have been one of the least controversial elements of this pandemic. Most people have accepted that they…
Israel’s changing global fortunes
Israel has been working closely with other countries and international companies, developing and producing vaccines against Covid-19. At the same…
Are Switzerland and France really ‘Islamophobic’?
Is Switzerland ‘Islamophobic’? Critics of the country’s decision to outlaw face coverings think so. The ‘Burqa ban’, which passed into law this week…
Why are London police telling women to stay at home?
The disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London has once again led to women being advised by police to stay…
Did Meghan Markle cost Piers Morgan his job?
Piers Morgan quit his job as co-host of Good Morning Britain yesterday, following a formal complaint from Meghan Markle to…
